Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Golden Showers'
Common name:
Golden Showers Falsecypress
Pronunciation:
kam-e-SIP-a-ris la-so-ni-A-na
Family:
Cupressaceae
Genus:
Type:
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
Yes
- Conifer, compact, small evergreen tree, leaves bright gold, especially in winter, branch tips pendulous, "giving a fountain-like effect" (Jacobson, 1996).
- Sun or partial shade
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Introduced in about 1972 by Mitsch Nursery, Aurora, Oregon. Jacobson (1996) states that a yellow-gold Port Orford Cedar (Falsecypress) once sold by Monrovia Nursery as ‘Golden King’ was actually ‘Golden Showers’. ‘Golden King’is a vigorous golden-yellow form that originated from seed of ‘Triomf van Boskoop’(a blue-green to silver selection) by the K. Wezelenburg & Zoom Nursery near Boskoop, Holland before 1931.
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plant habit
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